You are late, came the voice of Mrs Agnes, Mia direct superior and supervisor. She is a middle aged woman, short and chubby, not really very pleasing to the eye and she has always disliked Mia.
Why are you late, Miss Mia? Mrs Agnes asked.
Good morning Mrs Agnes, traffic was bad and I was stuck, I had to walk from downstreet to the company, Mia lied, she couldn't possibly tell her that she went drinking last night and overslept.
If you are late again then you can consider quiting this job, the company is not paying you to come to work late and give silly excuses, Mrs Agnes scolded her harshly.
I am sorry Mrs Agnes, it won't happen again.
Better not or else you will be fired.Come to my office and pick up some files, we have a meeting with the production team in ten minutes, Mrs Agnes said walking back to her office.
Mia walked to her seat amidst the stares she was getting from her co-workers who she shares a space with, she picked up her notepad and went to Mrs Agnes office. She picked up the files and the both left for the conference room for the meeting.
In the upper floor of SJ, Rose who was the assistant to the director of the design department had an exclusive office. She was sitting on her seat with her legs on the table looking at the masterpiece design of the month before she got a call, she smiled on seeing the caller and answered the call.
Hello baby, am fine, I want to see you again tonight. She laughed at what the other end said,of course am all yours tonight. I will meet you at my place then. Good bye baby, I have a meeting to attend, she said ending the call.
Rose tried to take her legs down the table but accidentally knocked down the coffee cup on her table and it spilled on the masterpiece design draft. Oh my gosh, this was the masterpiece design draft for the meeting. What would she do, it's already ruined by the coffee. Helen would definitely blame her, as she panicked, an idea crossed her mind. Mia had run into her this morning, if she could pin the blame on Mia then she won't be held responsible. She threw the ruined design draft into the trash bin and parked up the remaining design draft and left for the meeting.
At the conference room, the production team and design team were already sitting when Helen and Rose entered. Helen was the director of the design department of SJ, Mia 's step sister and the Anderson family heiress. Helen headed to her seat at the head of the table with Rose sitting beside her as her assistant.
The aim of this meeting is to discuss about our company's product launch which will be happening at the end of the month, we are already tight on time, Helen started. MJ informed me that she has already submitted her design draft, she asked looking at Mrs Agnes.
MJ was an acronym for Matilda Jones she was the cheif designer of Star Jewelry.
I had it submitted to assistant Rose, Mrs Agnes answered.
Helen turned to Rose who handed her a file, Helen went through the file but didn't seem to find what she was looking for, they were all side piece designs, where is MJ's masterpiece? She asked looking up to Mrs Agnes as she was in charge of the design.Who handed this file over?
I had Betty hand it over to assistant Rose, Mrs Agnes answered. Everyone turned to Betty.
I handled it over to assistant Rose immediately,she even cross-checked it before I left, Betty answered leading everyone's attention to Rose.
Rose was flustered and immediately pointed at Mia. It was Mia, she ran into me at the lobby this morning and must have taken the design draft.
Mia was surprised at being called out, I remember packing up the files for you and why would I take the design draft? Is assistant Rose trying to push the responsibility to me, Mia said.
You.... Rose tried to retort but was interuptted by Helen.
That design draft is the master piece for this month's launch and MJ didn't duplicate it, all the raw materials has been gathered for its production and right now MJ is currently out of the country and unreachable. Mia, I don't care whatever means you use, you must produce a masterpiece design in a week time and the design must be based on the raw materials already provided. This meeting is adjourned till next week, Helen declared leaving the conference room, she was followed by Rose who smirked at Mia before leaving.
The design draft was clearly lost by Rose due to her carelessness but her good step sister did not bother to investigate and pushed all the blame and responsibility to her.
Everyone left the conference room giving Mia pitiful looks. What a trouble maker, Mrs Agnes muttered loudly glaring at Mia before she left.
Mia was left with Betty in the conference room, I know you didn't take the design draft, that bi*ch must have probably lost it and is now pinning the blame on you, Betty said. If you need any help with the design, don't hesitate to let me know.
Thank you Betty, I appreciate your trust in me, I won't hesitate to inform you if I need help, let's go back to the office, I will think of something, Mia said and they both left the conference room.
The rest of the day went relatively well and it was finally time to knock off from work, Mia had seen the list of raw materials available and decided to go to a scenic place and maybe get some inspiration for the design.